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by dr_ 15y ago
"This makes it extremely difficult to evaluate products shipped in such incomplete form. " No it doesn't. If that's what they give you, that's what you review. If x is missing, you say the product lacks x. If the manufacturer is not happy w
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by dr_ 15y ago
It's unremarkable to me as well, but people who I know who have switched over from a Blackberry to a iPhone are typically happy with their decision, but the only thing they claim the Blackberry was better with is email. Maybe this is primar
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by dr_ 15y ago
RIMM is one of the few companies that can actual compete based on it's hardware specs, as opposed to it's software. People who use blackberry's love their keyboards. They also love their email functionality. They should have switched over t
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by dr_ 15y ago
Not sure if I entirely agree with this analysis. There's an element of inventory management which Groupon allows for, which has previously been unheard of for most small businesses. Maybe if you realize you are definitely getting x number
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by dr_ 15y ago
Fine, but before the negativity surrounding Groupon, he's considered someone with an "impressive entrepreneurial track record" http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/18/business/18sbiz.html
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by dr_ 15y ago
But aren't there services that address their needs. Groupon, despite all it's criticisms does that. It gives people a deal on local goods and services. Mint helps them get a better overview of their finances. Airbnb may help them find a re
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by dr_ 15y ago
The comments below sum it up. I am neither in financial services nor technology, although because I live in the region I associate with people who work in both industries, and although it's not right to generalize - in general there are va
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by dr_ 15y ago
Because, of course, the financial district is home to the hottest restaurants, lounges and nightlife.... The city should give up wasting time on banks and bankers and focus more on growing it's tech sector. Otherwise you're never going to f
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I'm guessing part of this deal must give Apple the right of first refusal if there is an offer to acquire Twitter. The last thing Apple wants is another heavily integrated Google product.
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by dr_ 15y ago
I love my iPhone but I'm sticking to dropbox. Ill probably limit icloud to music I've purchased via iTunes
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That's true but hopefully not too common. In medical school, when it comes to diagnosing conditions, we are taught "When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras". Fortunately there is a wealth of information available to patients
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by dr_ 15y ago
The biggest issue with Groupon is the fact that while it may offer a great deal for consumers, and may make tremendous revenue on each deal, it doesn't appear to be a great deal for the merchants involved. Oftentimes it seems like a losing
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by dr_ 15y ago
"Don’t expect profits anytime soon:" Based on their first quarter 2011 results, they are on a revenue run rate of 2.4 billion a year. It's a little surprising that they are not going to generate profits on 2.4 billion a year in revenue, de
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Is Education Overvalued?(boombustology.com)
1 points by dr_ 15y ago|0 comments
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by dr_ 15y ago
Looks like they weren't really ready for this. However download times appear to be improving. If you're stuck, trying pausing and restarting the download.
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by dr_ 15y ago
There was an article suggesting that Apple should purchase a carrier, like Sprint. Wrong. Square is the company they should really focus on buying.
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Female Magazine Readers Flock to Nook Color(nytimes.com)
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I was there for the demos. At a hackathon, the wifi network should be up and running absolutely perfectly. It wasn't and as a result, several hackers, who had been up for 20+ hrs coding, weren't able to fully present their work. Really not
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by dr_ 15y ago
Start a spaceship company.
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I like the iPhone app, but i wish it would continue in the background upon exiting the app. That's a pretty important feature.
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X-Prize offers $10 million for mobile medical diagnostic app(imedicalapps.com)
1 points by dr_ 15y ago|0 comments
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The IPO is going to fare well. It's LinkedIn after all, most people have heard of it and many will want to get in, despite not knowing the revenues, because in this environment they are more worried about being left out. Not a criticism, ma
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by dr_ 15y ago
This is a waste of resources on the part of the city. Both NYU and Columbia are top notch institutions and it would make far greater sense to expand their programs. Beyond that, the formula of what makes for a thriving tech community isn't
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by dr_ 15y ago
A new iPhone? Rumor had it that it hadn't gone into full scale production yet, but who knows how accurate that is. It seems like camera parts and cases were already being leaked over the weekend. Plus if it's really just a minor upgrade, t
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by dr_ 15y ago
Why didn't he use Slide to post these?
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Foodies vs. Techies(opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com)
1 points by dr_ 15y ago|1 comments
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by dr_ 15y ago
Hold on a sec - replacing facebook with something else is not that simple and i'd venture probably unlikely. there's a huge network effect that facebook has in place. it is not just for games. it is starting to drive traffic to various new
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by dr_ 15y ago
Being in Northern CA, or possibly NY, may help, but hopefully it's not something any company would use as an excuse for not being successful. As an example, here's a story working its way up on techmeme, about an entrepreneur in China maki
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by dr_ 15y ago
Whereas I agree that Microsoft's performance and innovation over the past decade has been abysmal, I'm not sure it's just Ballmer to blame. It all started with the Google brain drain - and that happened while Bill Gates was very much involv
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IPad2 Test - drawing(viveksaigal.com)
1 points by dr_ 15y ago|0 comments

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